Prerequisites: First semester international freshman or transfer student

Description:United States education and culture in the context of globalization and intercultural communication with emphasis on tools for academic achievement.

Course details

Credit Hours:

3

Max credits per semester:

3

Max credits per degree:

3

Course Format:

LEC

ACE Outcomes:

ACE 9 Global/Diversity

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 9 Global/Diversity

EDPS150

Career Development Seminar

Description:Understanding and applying individual strengths, interests, values and personality type, as they apply to an individual's choosing a college major(s) and career option(s). Active participation in self-assessment activities, exploration of majors/careers, experiential activities, utilization of the decision-making process and conducting occupational research as considered through several career development theories.

Course details

Credit Hours:

1-2

Max credits per semester:

2

Max credits per degree:

2

Course Format:

LEC

Credit Hours:1-2

ACE:

EDPS189H

Honors: How to Learn and Develop Talent

Prerequisites: Good standing in the University Honors Program or by invitation.

Description:Ideas from cognitive psychology, educational psychology, and various other disciplines (i.e., art, music, and chess) presented to help students understand learning and talent development, improve academic learning skills, and improve personal talents.

Description:Fundamental concepts and principles of human development with reference to cognitive and social/emotional development from infancy to early adolescence. Biosocial forces which affect behavior and development in children in relation to educational practice.

Course details

Credit Hours:

3

Max credits per semester:

3

Max credits per degree:

3

Course Format:

LEC

ACE Outcomes:

ACE 6 Social Science

Credit Hours:3

ACE:ACE 6 Social Science

EDPS251

Fundamentals of Adolescent Development for Education

Description:Fundamental concepts and principles of human development with reference to cognitive and social/emotional development from late childhood to early adulthood. Biosocial forces which affect behavior and development in adolescents as they relate to educational practice.

Description:Guided participation in schools/agencies offering programs for youth. Participating students are provided with introductory experiences working with youth in educational contexts, opportunities for one-on-one instruction and support, and prepared for subsequent advanced practicum experiences. Placements range from after-school academic programs to middle school and high school classrooms. Recommended concurrent enrollment with EDPS 251. EDPS 297 assignments assume knowledge of content from EDPS 251 or equivalent course.

Description:Introduction to positive psychology. Learn to identify personal strengths and assets that lead to flourishing as human beings; Explore major topics of positive psychology that lead to happiness and well-being.

Description:Research methods and findings, concepts, and principles of operant conditioning as related to the experimental analysis of human behavioral events and to the development of behavior engineering technologies.

Course details

Credit Hours:

3

Max credits per semester:

3

Max credits per degree:

3

Course Format:

LEC

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

EDPS465

PRACT CNSLNG&PRSNNL

Course details

Credit Hours:

1-8

Max credits per semester:

8

Max credits per degree:

8

Course Format:

LEC

Credit Hours:1-8

ACE:

EDPS465B

Special Practices for Handicapped Children and Youth

Description:Basic practices and related research in counseling and helping practices in educational or other youth-serving agencies.

Course details

Credit Hours:

1

Max credits per semester:

1

Max credits per degree:

1

Course Format:

LEC

Credit Hours:1

ACE:

EDPS465D

Special Practices for Exceptionally Talented and Gifted

Description:Basic practices and related research in counseling and helping practices in educational or other youth-serving agencies.

Course details

Credit Hours:

1

Max credits per semester:

1

Max credits per degree:

1

Course Format:

LEC

Credit Hours:1

ACE:

EDPS465E

Special Practices in the Elementary School

Description:Basic practices and related research in counseling and helping practices in educational or other youth-serving agencies.

Course details

Credit Hours:

1

Max credits per semester:

1

Max credits per degree:

1

Course Format:

LEC

Credit Hours:1

ACE:

EDPS465K

Special Practices for Vocational Education/Development Programs

Description:Basic practices and related research in counseling and helping practices in educational or other youth-serving agencies.

Course details

Credit Hours:

1

Max credits per semester:

1

Max credits per degree:

1

Course Format:

LEC

Credit Hours:1

ACE:

EDPS465L

Special Practices for Community Helpers Working with Adults

Description:Basic practices and related research in counseling and helping practices in educational or other youth-serving agencies.

Course details

Credit Hours:

1

Max credits per semester:

1

Max credits per degree:

1

Course Format:

LEC

Credit Hours:1

ACE:

EDPS469

Psychopathological Disorders of Childhood and AdolescenceCrosslisted with EDPS 869

Description:Investigation of the genesis, course, classification, and treatment of function and organic pathologies found in children and adolescents.

Course details

Credit Hours:

3

Max credits per semester:

3

Max credits per degree:

3

Course Format:

LEC

Credit Hours:3

ACE:

EDPS470

Introduction to Educational and Psychological MeasurementCrosslisted with EDPS 870

Description:Introduction to the construction, evaluation, and ethical use of measurement instruments commonly used in education and psychology. Test construction principles, item analysis, reliability, validity, ethical issues in testing, and evaluation of standardized tests.

Open to advanced students planning careers in the professions in which knowledge of human behavior and society is important (e.g., helping professions, medicine, law, ministry, education, etc.).

Description:Interdisciplinary approach to the study of human sexuality in terms of the psychological, social, cultural, anthropological, legal, historical, and physical characteristics of individual sexuality and sex in society.